Six Ways to Prevent Your Lift Trucks from Starting a Fire

Posted on Thursday, September 15th, 2011

If you use powered lift trucks in your warehouse, as most warehouse operators do, there is a chance that someday one of them will start a fire in your facility.  Are you prepared for that?  Are you doing what you can now to prevent it? For six tips to prevent fork lift fires in your...read the full article

The Role of the Fire Protection Engineer in Fire Loss Investigation

Posted on Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

By: Phil Friday Introduction More and more, fire protection engineers are called on to act as the primary investigator of fire losses. Fire protection engineers have historically been regarded as special experts, called upon to analyze code issues, investigate fire protection system failures, and support cause-and-origin experts. However, recognition by the fire investigation profession of...read the full article

Engineering Process For The Selection Of Clean Agent Fire Extinguishants

Posted on Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

By: Jeff L. Harrington, P.E. Introduction Numerous new clean agents have replaced halon 1301, the original clean agent, during the last decade and a half. Currently, NFPA 2001 lists 13 separate clean agents that are suitable for use in spaces that are either normally occupied, or normally unoccupied.1 During the 1970s and 1980s, halon 1301...read the full article

Clean Agent Extinguishing Systems

Posted on Wednesday, September 1st, 2004

By: Jeffrey L. Harrington, P.E. Revised Rules For Safe Human Exposure On September 16, 1987, the United States and 23 other nations signed the Montreal Protocol, which was adopted into US law through the Clean Air Act of 1990. These new laws scheduled the phase out of production of ozone depleting substances that were causing...read the full article

Dangerous Systems

Posted on Saturday, February 2nd, 2002

By: Jeff Harrington, P.E. More failures! That is the future trend we are guaranteeing today for our building fire safety solutions. Quality Control! This is what we must do better to mitigate this dangerous trend. The quality control I am focusing on in this article is that needed among the various building trades and design...read the full article